Being Connected to Tzaddikim Allows a Person to Attain Repentance / When a Person Repents, Judgments Against Him are Eradicated and Divine Unifications Occur / A Person Must Connect His Mind to the Upper Wisdom of Torah and to God / A Tzaddik Elevates and Binds Lower Wisdom with Upper Wisdom / A Tzaddik Speaks Simple Words Containing Torah to Guide Simple and Unworthy People to Repentance / God is Grieved When a Tzaddik Dies Being connected to true Tzaddikim is of great value. It allows a person to attain complete repentance and atonement. Judgments against him are softened until they are entirely eradicated, and that brings about a unification of the Holy One and the Divine Presence. There are two types of wisdom: upper and lower, the latter derived from the former. This is comparable to the relationship between a teacher and student. The student’s understanding comes through his heart. Thus, the teacher must say things that the student’s heart can comprehend, and the student must focus his heart and concentrate. Upper wisdom is the holy Torah, and lower wisdom is the source of the wisdoms of this world. When worldly wisdoms are disconnected from the upper wisdom of Torah and from God, that corresponds to the diminishment of the moon and the exile of the Divine Presence. Wherever a person is, he must connect his mind to the upper wisdom of Torah and to God. If he separates his wisdom from God, he causes a blemish in the moon. The true Tzaddik rebuilds destroyed worlds, elevating lower wisdom in order to connect it to upper wisdom. He connects the intellect of common folk — even that of wicked people — to God. In the course of doing so, he speaks with unworthy people and non-Jews. In this way, he raises their intellect and connects it to God. He speaks with these people with wonderful sagacity and adroitness, clothing the Torah in other modes of expression,18 Such as everyday conversations and talk about the news. because if he were to speak Torah directly with wicked people, they might grow worse. By speaking with them in this way, he leads them to repentance. God is grieved when the Tzaddik dies, for He does not desire the death of the wicked but their good — that is, He desires that they will come to repentance. Connecting to God Through the True Tzaddikim “Who will rise up for me against evildoers? Who will stand firm for me against workers of violence? If HaShem had not assisted me, my soul would have dwelt in silence. If I said, ‘My foot has slipped,’ Your kindness, HaShem, supported me. In the multitude of my thoughts within me, Your consolations delighted my soul.”
Master of the world, You Who are filled with compassion, You Who desire kindness and do much to greatly benefit, You Who are good and do good for both the wicked and the good, You think thoughts so that no will remain cast away from You.
“Open Your eyes and see our desolation.” See: “The enemy’s hand gains strength and there is no savior to strengthen us,” because there is no one to stand up on our behalf.
What shall we do and how shall we act, now that the crown of our head — our mighty geniuses, beloved in our eyes, the true Tzaddikim who passed away in our generations — have been taken away from us?
During all of the days of their holy lives, we looked forward to salvation, hoping that their awesome words [their ways] and wonderful advice would bring all of us close to HaShem.
But because of our profoundly intense, numerous and grave sins, the sun has grown dark at noon and we remain like orphans without a father. What shall we do now? To which of the holy ones will we turn?
You Who are filled with compassion, teach us how to cry out, weep, wail and mourn over the death of the true Tzaddikim, so that we will arouse Your compassion upon us, as poor as we are today.
Guide us and teach us how to ask for, seek and find the true Tzaddikim in this generation, who have the power to guide us on the true path, bring us close to Your Torah, and truly bring us back to You.
Even their mundane conversation conceals wondrous Torah teachings, supernal secrets and many mysteries. May I bend my ear and connect my mind well to their holy conversation, until they will truly connect me to You by means of their conversation.
You Who are filled with compassion, have compassion on me. Act in Your compassion and awesome wonders so that — from now on, at any rate — I will truly return to You. May I attain rest and silence from my base thoughts and my evil, blemished deeds, and may I no longer cause any blemishes at all.
Have compassion on me! Rescue me! Help me and save me so that I will truly connect all of my thoughts, speech, deeds, intelligence, mind and intellect to You.
From wherever I may be at any moment, may I truly connect my thoughts, intellect and mind to You, to Your Torah and to serving You, thus connecting lower wisdom to upper wisdom. Compassionate One, filled with compassion, help us at this time of trouble in the era known as the “footsteps of the Mashiach.” You alone know the bitterness of our spirit in these troubled times.
Have compassion on us for the sake of Your Name. In Your vast compassion, have pity on us. Guide us in Your truth and teach us how to ask for and seek the true Tzaddikim of this generation.
May they have compassion on us in their great compassion, and truly bring us all of us — each person from wherever he is — close to You, to Your Torah and to serving You.
May they take us out of all of these places and bring us close to You. May they truly bring us back in complete and wholehearted repentance. Connect and bind lower wisdom to upper wisdom. May great and awesome unifications always come about through us.
Rectify the blemish of the moon. Bring forth and establish the Divine Presence from Her exile. May there always be a complete unification of the Holy One and the Divine Presence.
Soften and nullify all judgments in the world. Forgive, exculpate and grant atonement for all of our transgressions, sins and offenses. May all of our faces shine. May joy and freedom be found in all worlds. May the verse be realized, “The wisdom of Solomon multiplied.”
May all of the spiritual lights shine greatly and wondrously. May all of the worlds be completely rectified. May true awareness and mindfulness be magnified and revealed in the world.
May every being know that You brought him about, may every creature understand that You created him, and may everyone who has breath in his body say, “HaShem, the God of Israel, is King, and His sovereignty governs all.”
May we be connected to You with a firm and strong bond, always and forever. May we realize the verse, “I took hold of him and I would not let him go, until I brought him to the house of my mother and to the chamber of she who conceived me.”
You Who have mercy on the poor, have mercy on us in Your compassion. Quickly bring us close to the true Tzaddikim in this generation, who provide all of our hope in this world and in the World to Come.
They are our life and the length of our days forever. Have compassion on us for the sake of Your Name, and compassionately fulfill our requests for the good. Be gracious to us, answer us and hear our prayer, for You hear the prayer of every mouth. Blessed are You Who hears prayer.
[עַל־פִּי תּוֹרָה צ"א - וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹקִים אֵת כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה לֵאמֹר]
מִי יָקוּם לִי עִם מְרֵעִים מִי יִתְיַצֵּב לִי עִם פּוֹעֲלֵי אָוֶן, לוּלֵי יְהֹוָה עֶזְרָתָה לִי כִּמְעַט שָׁכְנָה דוּמָה נַפְשִׁי, אִם אָמַרְתִּי מָטָה רַגְלִי חַסְדְּךָ יְהֹוָה יִסְעָדֵנִי. בְּרֹב שַׂרְעַפַּי בְּקִרְבִּי תַּנְחוּמֶיךָ יְשַׁעַשְׁעוּ נַפְשִׁי.
Being Connected to Tzaddikim Allows a Person to Attain Repentance / When a Person Repents, Judgments Against Him are Eradicated and Divine Unifications Occur / A Person Must Connect His Mind to the Upper Wisdom of Torah and to God / A Tzaddik Elevates and Binds Lower Wisdom with Upper Wisdom / A Tzaddik Speaks Simple Words Containing Torah to Guide Simple and Unworthy People to Repentance / God is Grieved When a Tzaddik Dies
Being connected to true Tzaddikim is of great value. It allows a person to attain complete repentance and atonement. Judgments against him are softened until they are entirely eradicated, and that brings about a unification of the Holy One and the Divine Presence. There are two types of wisdom: upper and lower, the latter derived from the former.
This is comparable to the relationship between a teacher and student. The student’s understanding comes through his heart. Thus, the teacher must say things that the student’s heart can comprehend, and the student must focus his heart and concentrate.
Upper wisdom is the holy Torah, and lower wisdom is the source of the wisdoms of this world. When worldly wisdoms are disconnected from the upper wisdom of Torah and from God, that corresponds to the diminishment of the moon and the exile of the Divine Presence.
Wherever a person is, he must connect his mind to the upper wisdom of Torah and to God. If he separates his wisdom from God, he causes a blemish in the moon.
The true Tzaddik rebuilds destroyed worlds, elevating lower wisdom in order to connect it to upper wisdom. He connects the intellect of common folk — even that of wicked people — to God. In the course of doing so, he speaks with unworthy people and non-Jews. In this way, he raises their intellect and connects it to God.
He speaks with these people with wonderful sagacity and adroitness, clothing the Torah in other modes of expression,18 Such as everyday conversations and talk about the news. because if he were to speak Torah directly with wicked people, they might grow worse. By speaking with them in this way, he leads them to repentance.
God is grieved when the Tzaddik dies, for He does not desire the death of the wicked but their good — that is, He desires that they will come to repentance.
Connecting to God Through the True Tzaddikim
“Who will rise up for me against evildoers? Who will stand firm for me against workers of violence? If HaShem had not assisted me, my soul would have dwelt in silence. If I said, ‘My foot has slipped,’ Your kindness, HaShem, supported me. In the multitude of my thoughts within me, Your consolations delighted my soul.”
רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, חָפֵץ חֶסֶד וּמַרְבֶּה לְהֵטִיב, טוֹב וּמֵטִיב לָרָעִים וְלַטּוֹבִים, הַחוֹשֵׁב מַחֲשָׁבוֹת לְבַל יִדַּח מִמְּךָ נִדָּח.
Master of the world, You Who are filled with compassion, You Who desire kindness and do much to greatly benefit, You Who are good and do good for both the wicked and the good, You think thoughts so that no will remain cast away from You.
פְּקַח עֵינֶיךָ וּרְאֵה שׁוֹמְמוֹתֵינוּ, רְאֵה כִּי אָזְלַת יָד וְאֶפֶס עָצוּר וְעָזוּב, כִּי אֵין מִי יַעֲמוֹד בַּעֲדֵנוּ.
“Open Your eyes and see our desolation.” See: “The enemy’s hand gains strength and there is no savior to strengthen us,” because there is no one to stand up on our behalf.
מַה נַּעֲשֶֹׁה וּמַה נִּפְעָל אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר (לָקַחְתָּ) לֻקַּח מֵאִתָּנוּ עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ גְאוֹנֵי עֻזֵּנוּ מַחֲמַדֵּי עֵינֵינוּ, הֵן הֵמָּה צַדִּיקֵי אֱמֶת אֲשֶׁר נִסְתַּלְּקוּ בְּדוֹרוֹתֵינוּ.
What shall we do and how shall we act, now that the crown of our head — our mighty geniuses, beloved in our eyes, the true Tzaddikim who passed away in our generations — have been taken away from us?
אֲשֶׁר כָּל יְמֵי חַיֵּיהֶם הַקְּדוֹשִׁים הָיִינוּ עוֹמְדִים וּמְצַפִּים לִישׁוּעָה, שֶׁבְּדִבְרֵיהֶם (שֶׁבְּדַרְכֵיהֶם) הַנּוֹרָאִים וּבְתַחְבּוּלוֹתֵיהֶם הַנִּפְלָאוֹת יְקַרְבוּ אוֹתָנוּ כֻּלָּנוּ לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ.
During all of the days of their holy lives, we looked forward to salvation, hoping that their awesome words [their ways] and wonderful advice would bring all of us close to HaShem.
וּבַעֲוֹנוֹתֵינוּ הָעֲצוּמִים וְהָרַבִּים וְהַכְּבֵדִים מְאֹד, חָשַׁךְ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בַּצָּהֳרַיִם וְנִשְׁאַרְנוּ כִיתוֹמִים וְאֵין אָב, וּמַה נַּעֲשֶׂה עַתָּה אֶל מִי מִקְּדוֹשִׁים נִפְנֶה.
But because of our profoundly intense, numerous and grave sins, the sun has grown dark at noon and we remain like orphans without a father. What shall we do now? To which of the holy ones will we turn?
מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, לַמְּדֵנוּ אֵיךְ לִזְעוֹק וְלִבְכּוֹת וּלְקוֹנֵן וְלִסְפּוֹד עַל הִסְתַּלְּקוּת הַצַּדִּיקִים הָאֲמִתִּיִּים, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לְעוֹרֵר רַחֲמֶיךָ עַל עֲנִיִּים כָּמוֹנוּ הַיּוֹם,
You Who are filled with compassion, teach us how to cry out, weep, wail and mourn over the death of the true Tzaddikim, so that we will arouse Your compassion upon us, as poor as we are today.
שֶׁתּוֹרֵנוּ וּתְלַמְּדֵנוּ אֵיךְ לְבַקֵּשׁ וּלְחַפֵּשׂ וְלִמְצוֹא אֶת הַצַּדִּיקִים הָאֲמִתִּיִּים שֶׁבַּדּוֹר הַזֶּה, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶם כֹּחַ לְהַנְהִיג אוֹתָנוּ בְּדֶרֶךְ הָאֱמֶת, וּלְקָרְבֵנוּ לְתוֹרָתֶךָ וְלַהֲשִׁיבֵנוּ אֵלֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת.
Guide us and teach us how to ask for, seek and find the true Tzaddikim in this generation, who have the power to guide us on the true path, bring us close to Your Torah, and truly bring us back to You.
וְנִזְכֶּה לְהִתְקָרֵב אֲלֵיהֶם בֶּאֱמֶת וּבִשְׁלֵמוּת לְהַאֲמִין בְּדִבְרֵיהֶם (הַנֶּאֱמָנִים) הַנְּעִימִים בֶּאֱמוּנָה שְׁלֵמָה בֶּאֱמֶת שֶׁכָּל דִּבְרֵיהֶם וְשִׂיחוֹתֵיהֶם צְרִיכִים לִמּוּד,
May we truly and completely come close to them. May we truly believe in their [faithful] pleasant words, all of which require study.
כִּי גַם בְּשִׂיחָתָם שִׂיחַת חוּלִין נֶעְלָם בָּהֶם תּוֹרָה נִפְלָאָה וְסוֹדוֹת עִלָּאִין וְרָזִין הַרְבֵּה. וְאַטֶּה אָזְנִי וַאֲקַשֵּׁר דַּעְתִּי הֵיטֵב לְשִׂיחָתָם הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, עַד שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה שֶׁיְּקַשְּׁרוּ אוֹתִי עַל־יְדֵי שִׂיחָתָם אֵלֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת.
Even their mundane conversation conceals wondrous Torah teachings, supernal secrets and many mysteries. May I bend my ear and connect my mind well to their holy conversation, until they will truly connect me to You by means of their conversation.
רַחֵם עָלַי מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, וַעֲשֵׂה אֵת אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ וּבְנִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ הַנּוֹרָאוֹת, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה עַל־כָּל־פָּנִים מֵעַתָּה לָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת, וְלָנוּחַ וְלִשְׁקוֹט מִמַּחְשְׁבוֹתַי הָרָעוֹת וּמִמַּעֲשַׂי הָרָעִים וְהַפְּגוּמִים וְלֹא אֶפְגֹּם עוֹד כְּלָל:
You Who are filled with compassion, have compassion on me. Act in Your compassion and awesome wonders so that — from now on, at any rate — I will truly return to You. May I attain rest and silence from my base thoughts and my evil, blemished deeds, and may I no longer cause any blemishes at all.
רַחֵם רַחֵם, הַצֵּל הַצֵּל, עָזְרֵנִי וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לְקַשֵּׁר כָּל מַחֲשַׁבְתִּי וְדִבּוּרִי וַעֲשִׂיָּתִי וְכָל חָכְמָתִי וְדַעְתִּי וְשִׂכְלִי אֵלֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת,
Have compassion on me! Rescue me! Help me and save me so that I will truly connect all of my thoughts, speech, deeds, intelligence, mind and intellect to You.
וּמִכָּל הַמְּקוֹמוֹת אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי שָׁם בְּכָל עֵת וָעֵת, אֶזְכֶּה לְקַשֵּׁר מַחֲשַׁבְתִּי וְשִׂכְלִי וְדַעְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ וּלְתוֹרָתֶךָ וְלַעֲבוֹדָתֶךָ בֶּאֱמֶת, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לְקַשֵּׁר חָכְמָה תַתָּאָה בְּחָכְמָה עִלָּאָה. רַחֲמָן מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, הֱיֵה בְּעֶזְרֵנוּ בְּעֵת צָרָה הַזֹּאת בְּעִקְּבוֹת מְשִׁיחָא, אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה לְבַד יוֹדֵעַ מְרִירוּת נַפְשֵׁנוּ בְּצוֹק הָעִתִּים הָאֵלֶּה,
From wherever I may be at any moment, may I truly connect my thoughts, intellect and mind to You, to Your Torah and to serving You, thus connecting lower wisdom to upper wisdom. Compassionate One, filled with compassion, help us at this time of trouble in the era known as the “footsteps of the Mashiach.” You alone know the bitterness of our spirit in these troubled times.
אֲשֶׁר נִתְרַחַקְנוּ מִמְּךָ כְּמוֹ שֶׁנִּתְרַחַקְנוּ, כַּאֲשֶׁר אַתָּה יוֹדֵעַ כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד בִּלְבָבוֹ אֶת נִגְעֵי לְבָבוֹ וּמַכְאוֹבָיו.
We have been greatly distanced from You. Everyone knows the issues and pains of his heart.
רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ, חוּסָה עָלֵינוּ כְּרֹב רַחֲמֶיךָ, וְהַדְרִיכֵנוּ בַּאֲמִתֶּךָ וְלַמְּדֵנוּ אֵיךְ לְבַקֵּשׁ וּלְחַפֵּשׂ אֶת הַצַּדִּיקִים הָאֲמִתִּיִּים שֶׁבַּדּוֹר הַזֶּה,
Have compassion on us for the sake of Your Name. In Your vast compassion, have pity on us. Guide us in Your truth and teach us how to ask for and seek the true Tzaddikim of this generation.
וְאֵיךְ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל וּלְהִתְחַנֵּן לְפָנֶיךָ עַל־זֶה בֶּאֱמֶת בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לְמוֹצְאָם וּלְהִתְקָרֵב אֲלֵיהֶם בֶּאֱמֶת,
Teach us how to truly pray and beg You for this, so that that we will truly find them and come close to them.
וְהֵם יְרַחֲמוּ עָלֵינוּ בְּרַחֲמֵיהֶם הַגְּדוֹלִים וִיקָרְבוּ אוֹתָנוּ כֻּלָּנוּ, כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד מִמְּקוֹמוֹ בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא שָׁם, אֵלֶיךָ לְתוֹרָתֶךָ וְלַעֲבוֹדָתֶךָ בֶּאֱמֶת,
May they have compassion on us in their great compassion, and truly bring us all of us — each person from wherever he is — close to You, to Your Torah and to serving You.
עַד אֲשֶׁר יוֹצִיאוּ אוֹתָנוּ לְגַמְרֵי מִכָּל הַמְּקוֹמוֹת הָרָעִים שֶׁנָּפַלְנוּ לְשָׁם, כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד לְפִי מְקוֹמוֹ שֶׁיָּרַד לְשָׁם וְנִתְרַחֵק מִמְּךָ כְּמוֹ שֶׁנִּתְרַחֵק,
May they extricate us entirely from all of the evil places into which we have fallen, where we have been distanced from You.
מִכֻּלָּם יוֹצִיאוּ אוֹתָנוּ, וִיקָרְבוּנוּ אֵלֶיךָ וְיָשִׁיבוּ אוֹתָנוּ בִּתְשׁוּבָה שְׁלֵמָה בֶּאֱמֶת וּבְלֵב שָׁלֵם, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁתִּתְקַשֵּׁר וְתִתְחַבֵּר חָכְמָה תַתָּאָה בְּחָכְמָה עִלָּאָה, וְיִהְיוּ נַעֲשִׂים יִחוּדִים גְּדוֹלִים וְנוֹרָאִים עַל יָדֵינוּ תָמִיד.
May they take us out of all of these places and bring us close to You. May they truly bring us back in complete and wholehearted repentance. Connect and bind lower wisdom to upper wisdom. May great and awesome unifications always come about through us.
וּתְמַלֵּא פְּגִימַת הַלְּבָנָה וְתוֹצִיא וְתָקִים הַשְּׁכִינָה מִגָּלוּתָהּ, וְיִהְיֶה נַעֲשֶׂה יִחוּד קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ תָמִיד בִּיחוּדָא שְׁלִים,
Rectify the blemish of the moon. Bring forth and establish the Divine Presence from Her exile. May there always be a complete unification of the Holy One and the Divine Presence.
וְתַמְתִּיק וּתְבַטֵּל כָּל הַדִּינִים שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם, וְתִמְחֹל וְתִסְלַח וּתְכַפֵּר כָּל חַטֹּאתֵינוּ וַעֲוֹנוֹתֵינוּ וּפְשָׁעֵינוּ, וְיִהְיוּ כָּל הָאַנְפִּין נְהִירִין, וְכָל חֵידוּ וְכָל חֵירוּ יִשְׁתְּכַח בְּכָל עָלְמִין, וְיִתְקַיֵּם: וַתֶּרֶב חָכְמַת שְׁלֹמֹה.
Soften and nullify all judgments in the world. Forgive, exculpate and grant atonement for all of our transgressions, sins and offenses. May all of our faces shine. May joy and freedom be found in all worlds. May the verse be realized, “The wisdom of Solomon multiplied.”
וְיָאִירוּ כָּל הָאוֹרוֹת בְּאוֹר גָּדוֹל וְנִפְלָא וְיִתְתַּקְּנוּ כָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת בִּשְׁלֵמוּת, וְיִתְגַדֵּל וְיִתְגַלֶּה הַדַּעַת וְהַשֵּׂכֶל הָאֱמֶת בָּעוֹלָם.
May all of the spiritual lights shine greatly and wondrously. May all of the worlds be completely rectified. May true awareness and mindfulness be magnified and revealed in the world.
וְיֵדַע כָּל פָּעוּל כִּי אַתָּה פְּעַלְתּוֹ, וְיָבִין כָּל יְצוּר כִּי אַתָּה יְצַרְתּוֹ, וְיֹאמַר כָּל אֲשֶׁר נְשָׁמָה בְּאַפּוֹ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֶלֶךְ וּמַלְכוּתוֹ בַּכֹּל מָשָׁלָה.
May every being know that You brought him about, may every creature understand that You created him, and may everyone who has breath in his body say, “HaShem, the God of Israel, is King, and His sovereignty governs all.”
וְנִהְיֶה מְקֻשָּׁרִים בְּךָ בְּקֶשֶׁר אַמִּיץ וְחָזָק תָּמִיד לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד, וְנִזְכֶּה לְקַיֵּם מִקְרָא שֶׁכָּתוּב: אֲחַזְתִּיו וְלֹא אַרְפֶּנוּ עַד שֶׁהֲבֵאתִיו אֶל בֵּית אִמִּי וְאֶל חֶדֶר הוֹרָתִי.
May we be connected to You with a firm and strong bond, always and forever. May we realize the verse, “I took hold of him and I would not let him go, until I brought him to the house of my mother and to the chamber of she who conceived me.”
חוֹמֵל דַּלִּים חֲמֹל עָלֵינוּ בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ וְקָרְבֵנוּ מְהֵרָה לְצַדִּיקִים אֲמִתִּיִּים שֶׁבַּדּוֹר הַזֶּה, אֲשֶׁר כָּל תִּקְוֹתֵינוּ בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וּבָעוֹלָם הַבָּא עַל־יָדָם,
You Who have mercy on the poor, have mercy on us in Your compassion. Quickly bring us close to the true Tzaddikim in this generation, who provide all of our hope in this world and in the World to Come.
כִּי הֵם חַיֵּינוּ וְאֹרֶךְ יָמֵינוּ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד. רַחֵם עָלֵינוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ וּמַלֵּא מִשְׁאֲלוֹתֵינוּ לְטוֹבָה בְּרַחֲמִים, חָנֵּנוּ וַעֲנֵנוּ וּשְׁמַע תְּפִלָּתֵנוּ, כִּי אַתָּה שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלַּת כָּל פֶּה, בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה:
They are our life and the length of our days forever. Have compassion on us for the sake of Your Name, and compassionately fulfill our requests for the good. Be gracious to us, answer us and hear our prayer, for You hear the prayer of every mouth. Blessed are You Who hears prayer.